October 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM - Board Meeting

Description:  I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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PRESIDENT:  Will the secretary please do roll call?

_____  Mrs. Ising
_____  Dr. Kline
_____  Mr. Kochasic
_____  Dr. Koscho
_____  Mr. Leonard
_____  Mr. Matarazzo
_____  Mr. Niemiec
_____  Mr. Otto
_____  Mr. Petrucci

We have a quorum.

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Move to suspend Board Policy No. 903 limiting public comment to thirty minutes for the duration of the Board of School Directors’ special meeting on October 19, 2026.

seconded by ______________________.   QUESTION?

PRESIDENT:  QUESTION BEING CALLED FOR - THIS WILL BE A ROLL CALL VOTE - ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE - ALL OPPOSED NO - MOTION CARRIED.  Result of vote:  ___ yes; ___ no;  ___ absent.

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Procedure for Audience Recognition

• You must state your name, municipality, and group affiliation, if any.
• Your statement will be limited to three minutes in duration.
• All statements shall be directed to the president, and no participant may address or question a board member individually.
• You may be interrupted if your statement is too lengthy, personally direct, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant.
• Your name will be called in the order in which you signed up.

SPEAKERS:
 

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Description:  Move to authorize the Penn-Trafford School District to enter into an Attorney-Client Fee Contract with the Frantz Law Group, ALPC, 402 West Broadway, Suite 860, San Diego, California, 92101, and Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP, 128 West Cunningham Street, Butler, Pennsylvania, 16001, for the commencement of a legal action against the Social Media Companies (Meta, Tik Tok, YouTube, etc.) Said action shall be for the purpose of claiming money damages.

The Attorney-Client Fee Contract shall provide for a Contingent Fee of Twenty-Five Percent (25%) of any recovery. Expenses needed to fund the litigation shall be advanced by Frantz Law Group, APLC, and deducted from any recovery. The District shall not be responsible for any fee or cost reimbursement in the event that there is no recovery in the action.

The School Board President and/or District Superintendent are authorized to sign the Attorney-Client Fee Contract.

seconded by ______________________.   QUESTION?

PRESIDENT:  QUESTION BEING CALLED FOR - THIS WILL BE A ROLL CALL VOTE - ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE - ALL OPPOSED NO - MOTION CARRIED.  Result of vote:  ___ yes; ___ no;  ___ absent.

Description:  Move to approve a Resolution scheduling a public hearing in accordance with Section 780 of the Pennsylvania School Code of 1949, as amended, for ___[date]___, on the question of closing _____________School, and authorize the Board Secretary to give public notice of the hearing as required by law. 

seconded by ______________________.   QUESTION?

PRESIDENT:  QUESTION BEING CALLED FOR - THIS WILL BE A ROLL CALL VOTE - ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE - ALL OPPOSED NO - MOTION CARRIED.  Result of vote:  ___ yes; ___ no;  ___ absent.

Description:  Motion by ____________________, seconded by ______________ that the meeting be adjourned at _____________p.m.  Motion carried.